About A Month Ago I Prayed For A Woman @ TJ Maxx. I Saw Her Yesterday As I Was Leaving Ross & Recognized Her. GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS, HE REALLY DOES. This Will Bless You ...

Lately, Holy Spirit has been giving me connections to see prayers prayed answered. You know I shared about 1 prayer I worked on a Holy Spirit prayer for about 1.5 years that was answered. Unfortunately, either the correspondence was not read by the person it was sent to or they chose to not want to do anything in their life to make a change which would result in positive, upswing, turn around in their life. Sometimes that happens. You wait for God's timing to release a word, but you may see the outward signs that they will not receive the words shared. You know what you do in that situation, you shake the dust from your feet and move on with continuing to pray for them. I can be a bit stubborn at times. Meaning when I see someone making crazy fool decisions because they are allowing others to have heavy influence in their lives and possibly re-direct their lives you say to yourself, I am not praying for them anymore and I did just that weeks ago. Then there comes the time when Holy Spirit is brooding over you and composing words through you as the vehicle being used to bring forth the words. This is what can happen, He will then have you start praying the same prayers again for their lives. Like praying household salvation and divine destinies being fulfilled in their lives. You may not understand it at the time but obey Holy Spirit's lead. This situation is no different than following His lead to pray for someone right inside a store. The connector is hearing His voice and following His gentle nudges.

It is all about His timing. Yesterday I had a few errands to run, and I followed exactly the stops to make and when to make them. Get gift card I needed to purchase; I called in advance to make sure they had the J. Crew gift cards in stock and asked where they are located in the store. Went right there to purchase it. Then I already had my package set to go to place in the mail but had to add to it this particular gift card. I had packaging tape with me so I then sealed it up and next stop, post office. Then had to return something to Bargain Hunt and I did that. Off to Ross next for another return item that the lavender shade of color was off with the item I was matching it to wear with. While there I found a clearance piece of luggage for under 30.00 to possibly use as my wheeled laptop carrier. Found 2 pictures to place in a bathroom when I update it with a new color selection of peel off backsplash I ordered to upgrade 2 bathrooms. I found 2 complimenting pictures, and I had a question, so I asked it of a worker doing markdowns, they were both reduced on clearance for under 7.00 each. They will look nice with replacing the current pictures I have hanging up now. Then found a small bag of Russell Stover's @ a great price point for me to take into work to share with co-workers.

Oh, oh, oh this is important in the timeline of sequential event order. My main goal was to first stop to a great eye doctor office to see the owner of the glass frame section. When I go there, they always make sure my prescription is right when the lenses are done with the frames I purchase. Well, this last time they had no frames that I liked for me to purchase. So, I went to another local vision store. At the end of last year to use up my benefits for the year on a pair of sunglasses that are prescription. I went in a few weeks ago to make sure they ordered the correct prescription that the doctor @ this location prescribed for me. They checked and yes, the prescription was correct. Let me tell you this is great customer service and I highly recommend to you this office. So, for this year's insurance I went to a prior glass frames location I patronized in the past prior to finding my current eye doctor. They sort of messed up on an order before and that is how I found my current eye doctor. I thought to myself they have pretty stylish frames, and I took a chance on them once again to find frames and use my current prescription for the lenses. I specifically inquired that they would make sure the lab sent back the glasses with the correct lenses made. They assured me they did. I was driving 2 weeks ago and wearing my new sunglasses in which I knew the prescription was correct and I switched to my new glasses and my vision began to see double. I had to drive home with my sunglasses on that day. Ist indicator the prescription just may be off. Then I wore the new glasses for the entire day and in the evening with wearing the glasses all day long I began to see double images. Even when I took the glasses off, I was seeing double images. I needed to rest my eyes. 2nd time I just knew this prescription was off. I had him look at the new lenses to see if the prescription was correct as the doctor ordered. Sure enough, they left out a portion of the prescription ordered by the doctor. They kindly wrote up a note to the other doctor/frames location with their finding. He did tell me to be kind to them when I shared what was wrong with the lenses because anyone could be off when typing in a prescription to be ordered. I then call the place where I purchased the frame/lenses from and shared how the lenses were examined and the prescription was wrong. I was initially heading in that direction to show them this finding. I even questioned the person checking my lenses if the frames were larger in size would that effect the new lenses. They assured me no and they liked the frames I selected. I told them if they had them at the time I would have ordered them from him.

I received a call and sure enough the lenses made were not made with the correct prescription and they said no need for me to come in because they would order new lenses and let me know when they come in for me to then swipe out the old with the correct lenses. I can still wear the new glasses but don't overdo it since my eyes can become tired and overcompensate and then comes double images. I can do that. See, if I did not receive the phone call, I would have missed my divine appointment as I was leaving Ross. I noticed the woman I prayed for as she was heading into Ross as I was walking out. I said excuse me are you the woman I prayed for at TJ Maxx a few weeks ago, prayer for your sisters-in-law's operation? She said yes and then I asked how it went. It turned out good and this is what touched my heart, her sister-in-law cried when she heard someone prayed for her before her operation. It must have been about a month ago because she shared how she was going in for a 1-month checkup after the operation. The lady thanked me and I said thank Holy Spirit because He was the one that had me to see if you needed prayer for anything when I did pray that day. 

So, why do some listen to words spoken via Holy Spirit and others do not. You could say they are obstinate or stubborn. Even they may be listening to the false whisperers thinking they are right, and you are wrong. Makes no difference to me who I am sent to share with be they are open to hear the words or not I just go forth. If false whisperers are speaking into their ears, or they just don't want to admit that people they are surrounding themselves with are using them to get ahead themselves. Setting all that aside, the real reason is called the freedom of free will. You have to choose to really want to be set free from bondage of connivers fooling you or continue to listen to their false lies. Even the elect will be deceived in these last days in which we are living in. Choose wisely and know that God truly does answer prayers, yes indeed He truly does, and you just may be blessed to witness these answered prayers of God's friends He calls forth to pray for others.

Here is Sam Sampson Sharing/Preaching About FAITH, So Encouraging & Uplifting. I Know This Was A Divine Appointment For Us Yesterday 4/27/2024

 

Sermon at Rejoice

You Just Never Know Who I Will Meet On My Holy Spirit Adventures. By Making 1 Simple Comment @ 4 Corners Bulk Food We Met ...

Yes, that is so right. I met one of my friends yesterday @ 4 Corners Bulk Food in Morrison, TN and we had fun shopping together. I found items and brands that reminded me of items I could buy back home in Ohio. This is where some Amish people shop also. I purchased 2 apple fried pies for the 2 widows in my neighborhood and delivered them to them yesterday afternoon. They were most grateful. I have to send off a birthday care package to my son and I found a few family favorites to tuck inside the package for him. Can you believe this, my baby will be in his mid 30's this year. I showed my friend some of my favorites I used to buy and eat when I was eating that sort of stuff back then. We both found 100% peppermint. It was 8.75 and we weren't sure if it was less or more expensive to get @ Sprouts Market or Whole Foods, but we took a chance and bought it there. I got home and it was the same brand I purchased a few years ago when we went on an Amish tour in Ethridge, TN. Back then I paid 7.00 for the same size, same brand but 100% grapefruit. I use these essentials for aromatherapy, but you can also use the peppermint for fending off insects if you somehow dilute it and spray it around. I did that before when I lived in the apartment and had to deal with that. Oh, I found the brand of Merckens chocolate discs used for making chocolate bark candy, peanut clusters, etc. also. When I lived in Ohio there was a local chocolatier, I found out that used this brand when they made their chocolates. You could purchase it in white, milk or dark chocolate @ the Vermilion Farm Market. 4 Corners carries both the white and milk chocolate in bulk. I am not eating this sort of stuff but who knows just when I may feel like making candy to bless others with. The beet chips are wonderful as a snack with crunch and taste. As we are shopping, I noticed a gentleman wearing a Vietnam Veterans ball cap and I thanked him for his service to our country and we chit chatted briefly. We went about our shopping then he began to speak to us again and shared that he was a worship/gospel singer that used to do the Nashville scene but found living in the countryside much more restful than the hustle and bustle of the Nashville scene so to speak. I can be bold on the spot at times and asked him to sing right there in the store for us. He declined and when I pressed him again I then understood his reasoning for declining. He was respectful of the people that owned that store and that their beliefs may be not the same as a gospel/worship singer if you get the point. He was respecting their beliefs and that is honorable. Truly honorable and most respectful. He handed us his business card after sharing all the places he has been to minister in music. Fascinating conversation. Oh, there were some fresh produce items, local hydroponic grown by locals I purchased mini cucumbers and had 1 last night with cherry tomatoes and an avocado lime infused oil with red wine vinegar dressing I made for that mini salad. Oh, since I viewed the 4 Corners video before going on this adventure, I recognized the owner, and my friend had a question about the fresh strawberries, so we asked him. He then said the Amish farmer was there in the store and then asked him and responded to her question. So much fun going on these adventures. They have a sewing section in the front of the store with materials, thread and notions and I bought a seam ripper for when I hem clothes, it was only 0.99 and that is a deal.

I then said there was Prater's BBQ in the same area did she want to go get some beef brisket by the pound to take home with her she said yes. So, we each purchased a pound to go. They let me try a sample first since I never had their brisket before. It was flavorful but I must admit my homemade brisket I make in the oven I thought was much more tender. See, I weigh out portions of meat when I am preparing meals and so a pound will go a good way for either lunches or dinners. They will give you sauces on the side with the brisket order if you want them, I declined on that, but my friend got them, and I suggested to take my side sauces back home with her since I didn't want any. Their beef brisket by the pound was under 16.00 per pound and I think that is a reasonable price. From what I understand they also have a restaurant in Manchester, TN also.

May I introduce you to the gentleman we met yesterday, 4/27/2024 ...

Without Him Sax and Sing Sam Sampson

Sam Sampson, Nashville. Memorial Day Concert

Buggy with horses parked not far from where I parked yesterday.

Horses and buggy strolling down one of the roads.

I even had enough time later in the afternoon to plant in 1 of my raised garden beds a few roselily bulbs, and another peony plant/root. planted carnation seeds, a pink flower seeds hummingbirds like and seeds for Chinese lantern flowers to hopefully grow. I even placed organic potting soil around the base of 2 of my shepherd hooks to plant with seeds for johnny jump ups, let's see if they will grow. I love being creative when it comes to gardening, I really do. I am expecting a replacement plant for re-blooming pink lilac and berry white hydrangea since the 1st 2 sent to me didn't produce, kitchen plants for yellow peppers, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes also. So much fun gardening. Oh, I also transplanted outside some more chives I grew from seeds inside, and I am leaving space to then also transplant the basil and mint growing now in the AeroGarden.

Hang In There I Am Still Praying. It Is All About God's Timing, May I Give An Example ...

Don't lose faith and begin to doubt now, for your breakthrough is closer @ hand then you think or realize. There is purpose to all this crazy like happenings all around you if that makes sense. You know me, I tend to get my prophetic, Holy Spirit dreams in the mid sleep night or early watch time frame, around the 3AMish hour or closer to daybreak. I was wakened up way too early today for a Jesus dream given to me. I confirmed it with Holy Spirit when asking if it was a dream from Him or a dream not from Him. He assured me it was not from Him. What the enemy means for evil God can turn around and bring it for good. How do I know, because that dream timing caused me to get up and do a few things around the house, like trim back the stems on my tomato plant that are not producing any fruit. I love seeing cherry tomatoes growing indoors with the Aero Garden. I am getting them ready to plant them outside when the timing is just right. It is all about the right timing. So, Holy Spirit is speaking to me to write and that is what I am doing now. Scripture, He had me read prior to writing is Isaiah 21 "Babylon Has Fallen." The entire chapter I read.

The basil plant, a 2nd cherry tomato plant and mint are starting to emerge now in the Aero Garden. This indoor gardening is quite fun because this time of the year I can get them ready to transplant outside. Whomever invented this concept is a genius. I even started from seeds a small container of chives that are growing just fine not immersed in the growing water system but by me watering them as needed and it is the growth light that is creating them to grow just lovely. Oh, let me clarify this in regard to dreams. I am not saying Holy Spirit cannot give you a dream early as opposed to roughly the same, usual time frame. He can give as He so chooses to give dreams. My point in the today dream was I knew to ask Him if the dream was or was not from Him. 

Let's talk about God's timing now. The other day I had a few errands to run, and I made a list and followed the list. I needed more Aloha protein bars, so I was heading to Whole Foods first then eventually to Sprouts Market to pick up a few more there also. Oh my gosh, these bars are amazing and taste good also. Let me tell you I am down that aisle right by the protein bar location and I see a gentleman taking pictures of the shelves displaying the items. I said excuse me to him and asked if he was by any chance the rep for Aloha bars. He was and we began to talk about the flavors I liked, and he shared some also about what he has tried and liked so far. Apparently, this particular company does not give out samples to their reps to try them. I mentioned how when I worked for Estee Lauder, we received gratis a couple of times throughout the year for us to try the products. Aloha Protein Bar executives may I gently suggest giving samples to your representatives to try so they can then recommend them to others. Just my thoughts on that subject. I also shared how the not so good flavors were in box form to purchase at Sprouts Market and I requested if they could get boxes of the better flavored bars. Here is my rundown on what flavors I like and do not like. I tried the Lemon Cashew Crunch, Maple Sea Salt & Coconut Chocolate Almond. What I do is purchase a single bar to test if I would like it and then know if I would buy more or not in the future. The first 2 I did not particularly care for but did like the almond one except I will probably not get that one because it is 30 calories higher than the average calorie count on the other flavors. Here are my personal favorites so far: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Chocolate Mint, Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Chocolate Caramel Pecan. I find they are great with a cup of decaf tea. Such a yummy treat. Sometimes I will opt for 1 for breakfast with a cup of tea.

I went the other day and could not find baked Amish treats for my 2 neighbors because the store only had 1 package of chocolate chip cookies and the date, they were made was 4/16. To me it was not worth purchasing with that date on them even though the store clerk said they were good for 2 weeks. I then went to Publix and bought the package of assorted Italian cookies. Made 2 treat bags for both neighbors and had enough still to bring into work also. So, while @ Trader Joe's I spoke with someone I think they may have been in management if they could recommend a sweet treat to add to my cookies for the neighbors. We settled on these adorable spring flower shaped chocolate with chocolate mousse inside them. I also bought some fresh flowers and shared with this young man how their fresh flowers just seem to last longer than other places where you can buy fresh flowers.

I am adding 1 more sweet connection I had that day with it being @ Sprouts Market. I'm standing in line to pay, and a really trendy dressed person was before me. I noticed she had bobby pins in her hair, and I said excuse me I noticed you have bobby pins in your hair I think these decorative bobby pins I am wearing would look really cute in your hair. She shared how she had not as thick of hair like mine and didn't think they would work so I took mine out to show her I thought it would work since it was not constructed loosely it would hold in the hair. I told her she could get them @ Ulta, they carry cute ones. She did not have with her a Sprouts grocery bag. You know they charge you now for a durable bag @ 0.10 for each one. She, like myself have done before when shopping there have them, but they are in our trunk. I learned from past experience if I have some in my trunk and I am checking out to just have the salesperson place the items back in my cart and I then take them to the car and place them in my Sprouts Market bags. I had 1 with me so I offered her my shopping cart to place her items in to carry to her car. She thanked me for the bobby pin suggestion and giving her my shopping cart to use. It costs you absolutely nothing to share kindness with others. Now please truly be sincere when complimenting others, just don't go around doing that for the sake of doing it okay. Holy Spirit shows you the very moment with the very words to encourage and lift up others.

The thoughts to this story ...hang in there, follow Holy Spirit direction and you just never know whom He may place across your path to meet. Someone possibly of influence whom has an ear to listen and you just never know ... your suggestions may be put into place. Isn't God grand, I think He is.

Question For Pastor Jerry Bryant Of Worship City Alliance, Nashville. Why Did You Give Me A Snarky, Seething Look As You Walked By Me @ WOFL Conference Last Year. Inquiring Minds Want To Know.

I am curious as to why a pastor would give such an ugly, uncomfortable feeling look to someone as they walked by you. I would guess that is Christianity at its best, just kidding, NOT. I was seated with my friend at this women's conference almost around a year ago and as Pastor Jerry Bryant walked down the aisle, he looked directly at me and gave me this mean look with no words spoken. I of course, just fluffed it off. My friend said how she felt uncomfortable for me and she didn't know what to do but gave a nervous type of smile back to him. I can only imagine he must have some sort of grudge against me. Go figure and welcome to the world, real life world of Christianity @ that. Lord BLESS Pastor Jerry Bryant. 

I Was On A Search For This Place Yesterday, 4/20/2024. When I Arrived, They Closed @ 3PM. Lovely Countryside Drive Though.

https://youtu.be/0ssAPw--gWg?t=278 

Four Corners Bulk Foods and Deli, Morrison TN

Yesterday I was up and about early. Meaning I cleaned early in my home. Was time since it is Spring to use some Shock It Clean solution to gently wipe the surfaces of living room furniture and I also used it on a few area rugs too. I still recall my mom doing this ritual in our home, but she used lemon scented ammonia water diluted and then wiped gently across the furniture to give it a lift and a brighter appearance. It worked because I did that for years until I discovered Shock It Clean by Professor Amos several years ago. I like as my favorite scent Lavender Mint, but I have also purchased Cucumber Melon scent. It is a concentrate, so you mix it with water to the desired amount depending on the job you want to use it for. I used the lavender mint yesterday. I use this following the directions to clean my jewelry also. There is something about not only making your outside yard look lovely, but it is just as important to do the same inside the home. My mother always taught us that it is easier to keep up than catch up and I have found that so to be true. I also took on another small home update in the kitchen. I discovered peel and stick backsplash squares and I created with them the other day. What is nice about them is they peel off just as easy as when you place them onto the wall. I love creative projects, I really do. i also put together a few fresh floral arrangements in my home. I like keeping a small one at my desk to bring a smile to my face during the day and to take time sometimes to smell the flowers.

Yesterday morning one of the widows in my neighborhood got married, isn't that marvelous. I know about planting seeds in faith I have learned about throughout the years. I felt led by Holy Spirit to celebrate this big event by purchasing a wedding gift for her and I did so and gave it to her a few days before the wedding. I would imagine after being married to one person for so long that it may be a bit awkward but fun at the same time to experience marriage again, this time with a different spouse. I think ones wounded heart has to be healed before that would ever take place do you agree. Even in the event of going through a divorce I would think it could be the same. So, how do you know you are healed from that broken marriage. May I share with you what recently took place in my very life, literally it just took place. One of my children reached out to me about their father, my former husband, was in a medical situation, and I thought nothing other than praying with one of my children for a good outcome. They shared prior to us praying they had peace about this inside of them. That same peace is still with them after their father had surgery too. I prayed like I know how to pray if your life depended upon it. Holy Spirit gave me the words to speak, and we prayed protection, rapid recovery, no medications would harm them and only be used with no side effects and speedy recovery. This was a very serious operation to take place. Part of it was you were put asleep with anesthesia but another part you would be awake but not feel pain, sort of like having a c-section. As we prayed this child interjected that they wanted the same angels that were around them with their 2 surgery's they had as a child to also be sent to their father. Isn't that lovely and so full of faith also. We prayed for angels to be in the rooms and guarding the entrances of the hospital holding big urns of the blood of Jesus and anyone coming and going from that hospital had to go under the blood of Jesus, that is, in the spiritual realm that would take place. It is so very important to pray protection prayers like that. The surgery was a success, and it is looking like they will be released from the hospital sooner than the anticipated release date. Yes, God hears and answers prayers if you go to Him with a pure heart and no ulterior motives just purity of prayer. During the day I had to fight off negative thoughts that would try to pop into my mind like this ... even though I am divorced from him, and he is re-married this thought would pop in, that this surgery would make me a widow since I was the first wife. I would respond he will not die but live. His wife and children need him in their lives. Who won that thought satan or God Almighty, well with the outcome I would say God won and amen to that.

Yes, I am healed from that divorce and can you say the same in your walk in your life. Healed from past hurts. If you cannot answer that with a purity of heart yes then I would say to work on it some more and don't get married again until you can come into a marriage with a pure, healed and whole heart, does that make sense. Look up because your heart hurts can be healed by God if you choose to do so. See, He healed my heart, and He is no respecter of people. He healed in the past and will heal in the future so stand on this promise He can heal today also. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Do something kind for another today okay. See, I was actually attempting to go to that place yesterday to buy some fried pies to bless the other 2 widows in my neighborhood. So, plan B is in place for today. There is always another option out there to possibly get fresh baked Amish goods at another store. Let's see if they have any today. I was on country roads yesterday afternoon and that was a bit too rural for my liking to live there. I kept thinking don't they have a Publix or Kroger's to shop at or do they go to this establishment to shop. I prayed in tongues heading back home and I brought with me a Mandisa CD to listen to on this road trip since I recently saw on a news feed, she died at the age of 47. Maybe I picked the wrong one of the few cd's I have of hers because it was just more somber, and I had to replace the music with the Larson Family while I drove the country roads back home. The "Freedom" CD of Mandisa was produced by Brown Bannister. So, when you are riding in the country you are praying for their land and crops to have success and a bountiful harvest right. You should be.

This is the backsplash pattern I selected to go with the already painted gray colored walls and windowsills that I recently painted with a softer gray color.

My Friend & I Were Going To Go To A Prayer Event Saturday 4/13/2024 Until She Sent Me A Link As To What It Was Actually About. We Chose To Go To World Outreach Church Instead To Hear Preaching & Crowder Band, So Glad We Did.

You know I was all set to go to this prayer gathering in Nashville the other day. I am so glad my friend does some research and sent me a link. When I read it, I said No this is too controversial, and we didn't want to be in Nashville which the crime rate is ever increasing with the talk that protestors may show up. See, I just assumed we were going to pray for kids in general because things are happening in TN and children have gone missing and one drowned in the Cumberland River. My intent was yes, we need to go to a prayer gathering to pray for the children. Once again in my opinion the church missed the mark with making this a prayer gathering for the transgender group of kids. So, why do you take precedent over this group of kids and not choose to pray for all kids and then that group would be blanket covered in prayer along with all children. Don't you think that all children need to be covered in prayer. Who in the heck is making these decisions in the church for events like this that are exclusive to 1 group and not inclusive of all categories of children. Baffles me.

Well, if you look at what is going on in Nashville just maybe have a prayer gathering to cover all children and don't just single out 1 particular group if that makes sense. What is happening to the church. Didn't Jesus say to not push away the little children when they tried to push the children away from Jesus. He allowed and wanted them to come to Him. There is an attack on children like I have never seen before, and we need to pray for them and not just gather to pray for a singular group within the children category.

Yes, we made the right choice to go hear Pastor Jackson preach and worship with the Crowder Band. Glorious, Glorious, Glorious. The weather was beautiful, and fellowship was grand. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for guiding our very steps that day. I was able to get some gardening done that day and I am planting all types of flowers and I even transplanted to outside a few herbs I was growing indoors. Weeks ago, I purchased an AeroGarden and it is amazing how these little seed pods actually grow in this watering/light system. I transplanted thyme, dill, and chives. I then am waiting for the parsley to grow a bit more before I transplant it outside and then placed to start growing a basil pod, mint and a 2nd heirloom cherry tomato pod. The 1st heirloom cherry tomato plant was growing so big I had to trim off the non-fruit producing leaves to get the fruit producing leaves to get nourished and bring forth the fruit. So much fun gardening.

I gave a few of the heirloom cherry tomato seed pods for my friend to plant in her AeroGarden to start growing. I also gave her some ice plants, a roselily bulb along with those yummy bagels I purchased and have in my freezer from Bronx, NY. Oh my gosh those are the best bagels I ever had, and I wanted to share them with her family. I am building my outdoor retreat and surrounding me with roselily, berry white hydrangea, ice plants that are colorful, peony plants, lavender to name a few plants.

 I highly recommend if your local Aldi's still has in stock the greenhouse for only 19.99. I purchased 1 and put it together, it is nice, and it actually zips up for full covering then you can unzip it and roll up the flap to work inside the greenhouse. Then my neighbor that I told weeks ago about a raised garden bed with 4 legs (to make it an elevated raised garden bed) said she just found another one @ Ollie's and she showed me hers it was the same 1 I purchased weeks ago but in brown this time. Mine was in gray. I love this and went right to Ollie's that day Saturday and believe it or not I purchased the last 1 they had. Can you tell how much I love gardening and making things beautified outside?

Update from when I first sat down to write this blog. The parsley was ready to transplant outside along with a rosemary plant also. I have roselily bulbs to plant along with a re-blooming pink lilac and I did get a lavender plant. Can you tell how much I love gardening. Not just vegetables, herb garden but flowers. So happy my Hosta is coming back to life again and my marshmallow hibiscus too. The gardenias did not make it through the winter even though I brought them into the garage. I learned the other day to try to bring it inside the home during the winter and before bringing it inside make a solution of dawn dish detergent and water and spray the plant 2 weeks before coming inside to get rid of any insects, etc. that may be in the soil. Gardening is a never-ending hobby in which you can always learn something new. Here are a few short video clips of Crowder from last Saturday evening, enjoy ...

Remember When I Said I Would Share A Journal Entry With You, Here We Go ... 1/14 & 1/15, The Year 1996 ...

You must know this straight at the front of this entry. This particular season in my life back in 1996 I was very much a devoted Catholic woman who had a great devotion to Mary the mother of Jesus. That is why you will see references to her name or me praying rosary's. It was this time in my life when I first thought it was the mother of Jesus speaking to my heart but as you read on you will see I begin to wean from this and I am realizing it is Holy Spirit flowing in and through my life. Do not judge this avenue Holy Spirit chose for me to discover Jesus. Catholic's can hear from God, yes, they can for I was one of them. I began speaking in tongues, receiving interpretations, having visions with interpretations and the Catholic church tried to help me along in all of this taking place. They did it by assigning to me Spiritual Directors. They were priests in that capacity. You will see the name of one of them. The church I attended no longer has that name. Remember when Catholic churches were struggling, and they were selling off churches and then consolidating a few parishes in an area, like taking 3 parish churches and joining them together, they also then re-named the now joined together churches that met at the main church location.

You may see sections of a journal entry blacked out only because there was a season in my life in which Holy Spirit had me go and strike where I would have much referencing of Mary because I was past that phase in my life. Yes, God can speak through a catalyst such as a person who was a devoted Catholic and then there comes the moment when one realizes it wasn't Mary speaking, guiding them but it was Jesus and Holy Spirit. Try to imagine for a moment how in the heck were the priests dealing with this woman hearing from God and experiencing the experiences I was having. They truly I do believe did the best they could to walk me through this growth in my life. I was destined to eventually move away from the Catholic church and begin attending a church in which I was learning the bible and then get trained up in the things of God I was destined to. Maybe you will see right before your very eyes a portion of my journey in which I begin to blossom in the love of Jesus. Remember, I was not a bible scholar/student at some seminary, I had no knowledge of the things I was writing about. During this time in my life or after this when I was then divorced and moved away to a different part of Ohio, I met a friend in the community (non-Catholic I think she was Methodist.) I would share my Mary stories with her and share bits and pieces of my journal writings with her. There was the day she shared with me her brother was attending ORU and for me to share some of my journal with him. I had no idea of what ORU even was. So, we met at his parents' home with my friend and her brother. We were sitting in the kitchen, and he said to me Do you know what you are writing about, and I honestly answered back to him, no because I didn't have the knowledge or even a clue other than what I was shown when I would write. This is kind of funny, but this is how new I was to all of this. One day we attended a local Baptist church and Pastor Morton had an altar call for salvation and I didn't know you weren't supposed to raise your hand each time an altar call was given so I raised my hand. My friend's brother then said to me I thought you were born again. I said I was and then he gently suggested to take my hand down because I was confusing the pastor and that is how I learned you just don't keep raising your hand in response to a salvation altar call. Do you get the picture now, I was not schooled in any of this. I truly can say Holy Spirit was my teacher and He was teaching me as I was devouring the bible. Yes, at first even through reading the Catholic bible and then I switched to NKJ bible. So, back to the kitchen table story/testimony. When I answered no to the question, he then went on to tell me I was writing about end-time stuff. I had no clue what that even meant. That is my testimony, and it is an honor to share a portion of it with you. Here we go ...

As I mentioned prior in a blog the date of this particular journal entry is 1/14/1996. Years later my mother on the very date 1/14/2023 went to be with Jesus. See why it is so very important to date and place the time also on your journal entries. I had no clue back then, that day of the month would be important in my life once again. So many times, my mother did not understand what was happening to me back then but on the other hand, she would get me a few books for me to write in as a journal. I think she sees the bigger scope/picture now from the perspective of heaven, isn't that BEAUTIFUL. In my journals I would always sign my name and sometimes full name as if I was closing a letter to Holy Spirit. The "Blessings & Curses" book was by Derek Prince. McGarvey's restaurant is no longer there in Vermilion.

I Have Been Sharing On Heavy Topics Lately. Time To Celebrate With Dr. Ron Kenoly In Worship @ Age 80. Simply Beautiful & MusicTo My Ears, Soul & Spirit. Please Come To TN We Sure Can Use Worship Like This.

Lately, so much has been being revealed to me in regard to ministry that it was beginning to leave a sour taste in my mouth, so the expression goes.  I stumbled on this recent Ron Kenoly video of him worshipping on stage in March 2024 and watched it. It lifted my spirit up and I began to even sway to some of the songs I knew. Ron is a highly gifted worshiper, and this video will show you that purity within oneself and their ministry does not fade away throughout the years. I tend to dream big so it began churning in me if Ron Kenoly would have it in his heart to come to TN and lead us in worship. To release the sound of pure worship into the TN atmosphere, we sure do need it. There have been children missing, a child drowning in the Cumberland River, etc. and we need the air cleansed with the sounds of heaven here on earth in TN. For me to be asking Holy Spirit to get me out of the state of TN it has to be pretty bad when I would want to choose missing divine destiny just to get me out of this state. I would say that is pretty bad, do you agree? When I begin to feel boxed in that is when creativity flows and ideas begin to surface in me. The average person would request Dr. Kenoly to come to Nashville, not me. I have seen this for several years now ... there needs to be an outdoor worship gathering on the land where Bonnaroo is held each year. To cleanse that very land and let worship be released into the atmosphere. The average person may say it has to take place in a grand building somewhere in Nashville, nope. This has to happen away from the big city lights & noises for the sound to be released into the atmosphere. I sure wish others of the worship community and ministers caught the vision, then the land would be healed again.

Why are children being victimized and TN is becoming sort of known for this? Cleanse the very land where the young adults or older children gather for music. Sounds very uncomplicated to me. I am telling you there is a sweetness in the air, and I have been sensing this for a few years now. Remember when Holy Spirit sent me on a journey a couple of years ago to anoint the Bonnaroo land with anointing oil. There was purpose in that and let's see the movers and shakers do something about it. Why do people of influence and money put things off until it is too late, and they miss the wave of God?  Baffles me. Maybe this is a little bit selfish of me to want to be in an open-air worship gathering so I can play the rain stick with freedom and spin & dance in the field to worship. Along with my other percussion instruments also.

DR RON KENOLY LIVE ​⁠@ THE GLORY DOME (2024 MARCH WORSHIP, WORD AND WONDERS NIGHT)❤️‍🔥

https://youtu.be/N8MBQYh9K4U?t=104

Another So Called Sacred Cow Thrown Away. God Is Exposing Big Time. Clean Up Your Acts Out There Ministers Or You Just May Be Next Of Exposing Ploys To Deceive God's People & Exploit Them With Manipulative Offering Attempts. STOP IT OR RISK BEING EXPOSED BY THE HAND OF GOD VIA VESSELS HE IS USING TO BRING FORTH TRUTH.

Wow, so much is happening lately in the Christian community, it is exposing the truth to the innocent followers of certain ministers. They gave with their hearts filled as a loving and cheerful giver. I just may have been one of them in that category. These exposing videos are heartbreaking for the people to watch as behind the scenes truth updates are being shared. God is not going to pour out Holy Spirit in magnanimous ways across the land until the exposing and expelling of sin amongst the church and church leaders is dealt with.  I do not recall since being a born-again believer in Jesus Christ so much airing out of dirty laundry so to speak taking place in the body of Christ. I am being shown an infected wound on the hand. If you cover it up with a band aid you may not be able to physically see the nasty infection that lies beneath the band aid covering. Even a pussy, nasty odor may seep out from underneath the bandage covering and can be deadly if not treated properly. No matter how many times you may change the bandage or cover it up. Sort of like out of sight out of mind thinking it is still an infected wound. The wound needs to be treated at the source of the infection and until that is taken care of the infection still exists.

Yes, I was born-again by reading a prayer of salvation at the back of a Benny Hinn book entitles, "Good Morning Holy Spirit." That was years ago, and I even volunteered to be in the choir at one of his crusades years ago. How could so much deception come forth now? Seeing this video has brought much to light. So, when one sees things like this all one can do is ask forgiveness from God for allowing the enemy to dupe me as I gave with a pureness of heart at the time. I am beginning to wonder about what is really going on out there in America especially with all these false types of ministers I have followed in the past. Money donated in faith moving moments in my life throughout the years. I almost feel like a big ole fool that was big time gullible.

So, I have been following another minister out of the Atlanta region lately but have not given any monetary offerings to them. I now see they are going to go to Zoom, and I just do not understand the harm to be inflicted upon innocent people with allowing strangers in mass amounts into your home. Do you know every single one of the people and their true walk with God on that Zoom call? I can see it coming down the pike again, the ministry may begin to start having troubles because they wanted to advance in Zoom calls. How gullible are people out there to not vet every person coming in on the Zoom gathering. This minister is well trained in deliverance ministry and how can they not see this. People just because they may take a class or sign up to participate in ministry events may not be bonified Christians, meaning they are planted amongst the believers to create havoc withing the ministry. So, the main minister asks all to pray a certain way or pray in a certain direction, but they find the opposite is taking place. Of course it is, the enemy has infiltrated the camp and is using their hexes, spells, incantations, etc. to fight against the good the ministry is doing. Then, most recent, I find out they are connecting with another female minister in the Atlanta region that was very well-known years ago in the prophetic community. I learned back in Ohio to not fall for her emotional offerings she was known to give. You know, there are so many people here in this meeting if they give 1000.00, they will get a double portion anointing and things of that nature. Back then I often thought to myself this woman truly flowed in gifted prophetic worship and it seemed to go south as the saying goes when they branched out to preaching and making the circuit doing so. She married a man and that was even televised the ceremony, then he duped her big time. Oddly enough, I actually went to their small church they had together once in the suburb of Atlanta. What a fool I was back then to follow such nonsense, but the music she created and was produced was simply beautiful. I see a pattern here developing. They peak in their ministry career, fall for some reason or another and lay low for some time, then they begin appearing again. Yes, God can restore ministers, but I would use caution in this one. That is just me and maybe you may feel it is okay to follow them again. Do not be afraid to ask questions as Holy Spirit places upon your heart to ask. If they do not respond to your questions, then just maybe you got your answer from Holy Spirit. Use caution today because I am seeing even very elect ministers are being duped and if they are being duped then that is flowing upon you possibly as a follower. I keep asking Holy Spirit to get me out of this state where I reside now but until He releases me I am here because He miraculously opened a very wide door for me to move to this state.

Here is the video. It is quite long in length but very insightful with video clips from the actual ministry. Let Holy Spirit be your guide while viewing this.

The Victims of Benny Hinn: 30 Years of Spiritual Deception.

Then here is another video in response to this video. I actually viewed this video first which compelled me to then view the 1st video. This video is by Torn Curtain ministry with Joshua Simone.

My Response to Mike Winger Benny Hinn Ministries Exposed Video

Please Forgive Me If It Ever Appeared That I Place My Holy Spirit Adventures Over The Scriptures. That By No Means Is My Hearts Intent.

The other day I was up during the night and when this happens sometimes, I then read and study in the current workbook I am working through, "The Holy Spirit And His Gifts" by Kenneth E. Hagin. It is from his Faith Library Publications/Study Course Series. As I am working in chapter 8 entitled, "The Bible Evidence of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit" something stands out to me like a big ole neon sign so I am going to share it with you all today if I may.

Before I do, I was guided by Holy Spirit to pick up a few of my journals to seek which entry talks about the experiences of praying in tongues and visions I was receiving along with the interpretation way back in 1996. I then focused in on a few journal entries believe it or not on 1/14/1996 and it dawned on me today that 1/14/2023 was the day my mother left this earth and joined Jesus in heaven with her last breath here on earth and her new life for all eternity in heaven. Praise God for there are no coincidences that just happen in life. Did I ever even think back in 1996 that that very date would be the day future tense of my mother going to be with Jesus, never in a million years did I think that. God is faithful, loving, kind and he is also just. What are the odds of this happening today on 4/5/2024? I like to call them God divine destiny days. In the midst of going through 2 journals I had with me a 3rd journal in my hand. I said that whenever I would read this particular journal, I would pray for the names of those that placed their names & ages on the 1st page of that new journal of mine at the time I would pray for them. Without even opening up the journal to look through it I felt Holy Spirit wanting me to open and place my hands upon the page and pray for them today and I did. This was a special group of youth that I was asked to teach a session at their youth retreat, and I did for this journal started on 4/28/1996 when the group entered in their names and ages too. My daughter attended this retreat, and she was not even age wise a teenager at the time. Imagine that, I notated at the top "I keep this youth retreat list in my journal so I can pray for them. This was my 1st retreat with youth that I worked on." How many times do I tell you that God is faithful. Some of these back then kids are adults now and I even had the adults on that retreat place their names in the journal also. People, whenever I pick up and open up this particular journal, I pray for those listed on the 1st page. I have been doing this now for almost 28 years now. Only Holy Spirit knows the days for me to open up that particular journal and pray for them. Is not God faithful, how many times do I have to share about His faithfulness with you all. GOD IS FAITHFUL AMEN.

In the next few days, I am probably going to share a series of my journal entries from that time in my life. It takes too long to type them so I will probably just take pictures and share the actual pages from that journal. I hope you know how to read cursive because that is how I choose to do journal entries. Moreso then printing in my journals. See, they need to start teaching cursive back in school. How in the heck can children when they become adults sign their name if they were never taught to use cursive. Do they sign a legal document by placing an X by the signature line of a contract? Whomever came up with that ridiculous plan in the teaching of our children in school to dumb it down and only have them print really did not know what they were doing. Furthermore, why didn't parents stand up and say no we want our children to learn how to write and not just print everything. Maybe the parents could have been a little more vocal back then, those are just my thoughts I am not placing blame on anyone. See it from the eyes of one that had to have very neat, almost perfect penmanship while attending Catholic schools as a child. You better have made the handwritten letters on the lined paper to look like the teacher was teaching you the proper way to do it.

I was reading in the workbook about misconceptions about receiving the Holy Spirit and something jumped out at me while reading. I am going to take a picture of the 2 pages in the workbook and have you read it for yourself if that is okay. It talks about how too many people preach/teach their experience, but Paul told Timothy to "Preach the word." 

So, please know my heart is for me to share things that actually happened or currently happen in my life with Holy Spirit, not to take precedent over the word of God. Please forgive me if I have misled you in any way of making experiences take precedent over the word of God. I have found out that throughout the years that my reading the bible has brought me closer to God and maybe that is the connector of me being prompted by Holy Spirit on the adventures we take together.

Just the other day I was reading in the bible about Ahab taking Naboth's vineyard in 1Kings 21 and then kept reading on to 2Kings all the way through of Elizah taken to heaven. Back in 2014 I notated reading this scripture on 4/1/2014. I must have been intrigued with reading that day because I read a couple of chapters all the way through 2Kings 8 that day. Then in the margin of my bible I notated on 10/20/2018 I underlined using a teal looking ink pen "Where is the Lord God of Elijah?" I must have been at The Dwelling Place Church in Huntsville, AL with James W. Goll preaching/teaching that day because I notated it in my bible margin by 2Kings 2: 14. I also notated a few other things in 2014 such as: 1Kings 21: 8-10, as deception is all around this. 1Kings 22 I notated not every self-proclaimed prophet is a prophet of the Lord. Use wisdom & discernment in this. That is just a small sampling of things I notate in the margins of my bible as I read the word of God. I do want to add another notation by 2Kings 2: 19-24 on 3/19/2005 I notated in the margin Blessings pronounced and then below that Curses pronounced.

With me going to share my journal entries I do believe I would have been in the category of experiencing other scriptural experiences and gifts were given to me @ the same time of me beginning to speak in tongues.